So, if you weren’t aware, Florida passed a medical marijuana constitutional amendment. It banned smoking in public places. The Legislature passed a law to implement it that banned smoking generally. The proponents of the amendment sued, arguing that the amendment banning smoking in public places implied that smoking was legal elsewhere (because there would be no need to ban smoking in public places if you couldn’t smoke to start with).
A judge agreed and ruled the smoking ban was unconstitutional. The Department of Health appealed, which automatically stayed the judge’s ruling. Governor DeSantis told the Legislature they needed to pass a bill to authorize and regulate smoking MMJ, because if they didn’t he was going to drop the appeal, which would have had the effect of legalizing smoking MMJ without any regulation or limits.